Hematology

Hematology

The science encompassing the medical study of the blood and blood-producing organs.

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Epigastric

Health care; Hematology

Pertaining to the upper middle portion of the abdomen.

Differential count

Health care; Hematology

An enumeration of the types of white blood cells seen on a stained blood smear.

Eosinophilia

Health care; Hematology

A relative or absolute leukocytosis in which the main increase is in eosinophils.

Eosinophil

Health care; Hematology

A granular leukocyte, the granules of which have an affinity for the acid dye of Wright’s stain (eosin). The granules are large, round, uniform in size, red-orange in colour and are shiny and ...

Microcyte

Health care; Hematology

An erythrocyte smaller than normal.

Microcytosis

Health care; Hematology

An increase in the number of microcytes

Megaloblast

Health care; Hematology

The type of red cell precursor found in pernicious anemia. This differs from the normal erythrocyte precursor (normoblast) in that the megaloblast is larger and the nuclear chromatin has a fine ...